Communications/WikiConference India 2016

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This page outlines the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Department's activities at WikiConference India 2016.

Overview

The Communications Department will be attending WikiConference 2016 to provide capacity building, share recent user research findings, increase project awareness, and network with community members.

Attending

Zachary McCune

Global Audience Communications Manager

Communications skills training New Readers user research Meetups Networking

Activities

The department will be facilitating these workshops and discussions:

• What we know about New Readers in India
• Taking better photographs

The department is also participating in these activities:

• Increasing reach of Wikimedia projects in India via Partnerships
• Social Media Strategies
• The ABCDs of Storytelling

Objectives

With its participation in the conference, the department hopes to achieve these objectives:

• Help community projects expand their communications capacity
• Network with members of the community
• Share recent research findings of the New Readers project
• Explore how New Readers project findings can be used by Indic communities
• Engage community members in Wikimedia Foundation's digital media efforts
• Showcase how the department is working with other Wikimedia Foundation teams and affiliates to amplify the impact of new projects
• Discuss and identify advocacy needs of affiliates - in particular what tools affiliates would find helpful
• Discuss strategies and opportunities for raising Wikimedia project awareness in India
• Offer formal guidance on photography and digital storytelling tools
• Discuss initiatives the department is considering

Presentation and workshop materials

Workshop attendees, feedback, and results

Attendees of the "Taking better photographs" workshop at Wikiconference India 2016

Photo workshop participants with Zachary McCune

• More than 15 conference participants attended the "What we know about New Readers in India" presentation
• More than 54 conference participants attended the "Taking better photographs" workshop